Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-07-01
WRITING TO HOTEL QUESTS.
Begging Letters Received by Promi-
nent personnges.

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Begging Letters Received by Promi-
nent personages.
It is astonishing the number of let
tiers the average visitor to a New York
hotel receives during his stay here, says
The Graphic. Should aguest's name
be mentioned in the newspapers he is
certain to receive by the next mail a
| number of letters and circulars. All
kind of schemes, where it is claimed
that he can make thousands for a
trifing Investment, and appeals for
help of all varieties are among them.
A most interesting collection of letters
were those received recently by a
young man who has been spending a
few weeks in one of the hotties He
owns a large ranch in Mexico. but
spends month in New York every
year. While on the ranch the cost of
living is very small, SO when in New
York he can afford to be very liberal,
and he is. A paragraph got into one
OF the daily newspapers stating that he
was very rich and spending a great
deal of money. The next morning he
received seventy four letters. One of
them is from Il young man, who stated
that he was but Is and belonged to an
excellent family. He was finely educa-
ted, and the letter certainly showed
this. He stated that through fast living
he got beyond his means and had passed
forged check for $1,000. HIS family
refused to have anything to do with
him. He said that for 5000 he could
compromise the case, otherwise he
would have to go to the penitentiary
for seven years. Then he appealed to
the ranch owner to advance him this
sum and said that he would guarantee
to work for him for two years or more
if he desired and he would regard him
always as his savior. The man from
Mexico visited the young man
and was convinced after talking
with him for sometime that he was not
naturally dishonest, and probably if
he got out of the scrape would here
after lead a model life. The forger will
go to Mexico and reform us cowboy.
There was number of other touching
appeals TO which no attention was paid,
but it is possible that many of them
were worthy. They all showed a great
deal of suffering. One of tie letters
was taken in charge by Il friend of the
ranch-owner. 1t was from young
Englishwoman. She said that she and
her husband and two children had
come to this country SIX months ago
with few hundred dollars. They had
to spend every cent and the husband
had failed to secure employment except
us the driver of delivery wagon. He
belonged to good family, was we'll
educated, but too proud to let his con-
dition be known. She had therefore,
unbeknown to her husband, written
this letter in hopes that the gentleman
would take an interest in the case. The
friend followed the matter up and
found the case as stated. The husband
was certainly worthy but full of false
pride. The friend went to him ard
without letting on how he knew of his
troubles had q conversation with him.
The result is that this English family
have been taken to San Francisco and
the husband will be given employment
as private secretary to his benefactor.
In fact, nearly every person who has
his name prominently mentioned in the
New York newspapers in almost any
connection is sure TO receive very
large mail for several days thereafter.
Col. Frank a. Burr, who received con
siderable newspaper notoriety few
days ago by exposing man who was
about to marry charming JERSEY
maiden, rs already having several
wives. has been getting very large
mail ever since. The majority of the
letters are from ladies.